Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ~Friedrich Nietzsche



So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.
~Gaston Bachelard



Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~Pablo Picasso



Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. ~Jean de la Bruyere



What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. ~Sigmund Freud



A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. ~Rachel Carson